All they did was make it as hard as possible for us to exit, just put it in behind us, turn us and we were actually bogged down in our own 22, ‘ said Coetzee.
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Despite being two men short, the visitors equalised three minutes before half-time with a Jackson drop-goal making it 13-13 at half-time.
Ireland captain Rory Best says he is excited to see what the next generation of players can deliver against South Africa at Newlands on Saturday.
But this is a desperate time and following Saturday’s 26-20 loss to 14-man Ireland, Coetzee has decided that he can not afford to throw April into the deep end just yet.
They began to believe then and when Conor Murray added their second try – after Jared Payne got their first early on – the odds started to favour Ireland. We actually built our confidence through that period.
The 14 men kept South Africa scoreless for most of the second half, and their lead was extended when Jackson scored a 68th minute penalty for a 13-23 lead. They can’t rely on South Africa being as poor as they were this past weekend again and as fit as Ireland may be, they don’t want to be chasing the game in the final 20 when 1,700 metres above sea level.
Ireland didn’t deserve to lose after being the better team for the opening stages and leading 10-3 after Payne, playing out of position at fullback, chased down a chip through to score.
Stander was attempting to charge down Lambie’s kick when he struck South Africa’s fly-half with his hip and you could not help but feel that the referee, Mathieu Raynal, allowed the outcome to cloud his judgment of the infringement.
CJ Stander was show a red card for this horror collision on Pat Lambie.
According to Springbok coach Allister Coetzee, Steyn, who has 60 Test caps to his name, was always in his plans as a flyhalf replacement option in the event of injury to one of the three flyhalves in the squad.
It was Ireland’s first red card since Jamie Heaslip was sent off in similar circumstances in New Zealand in 2010.
We take a look at some lessons to take away from an historic day two at the World Rugby U20 Championship which saw wins for Ireland, Argentina, England, Australia, France and Wales.
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“What you shouldn’t be sucked into is the complete Super Rugby vibe, where it’s nearly like a feel-good scenario where we keep ball in hand and run it from everywhere”, he said at a press conference on Monday morning.
